Died in jail or a lockup
Morton Beckett
Morton Beckett was held in the jail at Hampton Court House, South Carolina. According to the Daily Gazette, a mob took him from the jail on the Tuesday night before the paper reported his killing on July 27, 1882, and lynched him. The paper's account does not say whether the jailer or sheriff resisted the mob, gave up the keys, or handed him over.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.